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Docket Number
Key Dates
Filing Date
Settlement / Judgment Date
Terminating Date
Plaintiffs
Defendants
Case Details
Outcome
Issues
Document Details
Document Filing Date
Document Citations
Citation 1
Citation 2
Citation 3
95-CVS-1158 | North Carolina state trial court
Filed Date: May 24, 1994
Case Ongoing
22-000044-MM | Michigan state trial court
Filed Date: April 7, 2022
Verfied Complaint
April 7, 2022
Opinion and Order
May 17, 2022
2:17-cv-11910 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Filed Date: June 15, 2017
Petitioners' Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and/or a Stay of Removal, and Brief in Support, with Declarations
June 15, 2017
Habeas Corpus Class Action Petition
Respondent's Response in Opposition to Petitioner's Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and/or a Stay of Removal
June 19, 2017
Opinion and Order Staying Removal of Petitioners Pending Court's Review of Jurisdiction
June 22, 2017
Hearing Transcript: Petitioners' Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and/or a Stay of Removal
2:22-cv-00014 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2022
Complaint
None
Jan. 28, 2022
Amended Complaint
March 14, 2022
5:83-05137 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
Filed Date: March 8, 1983
Closed Date: Oct. 30, 1998
Opinion
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
June 18, 1998
Memorandum Opinion
Oct. 30, 1998
4:21-cv-00186 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida
Filed Date: May 6, 2021
Complaint for Injunctive and Declaratory Relief
League of Women Voters of FL v. Lee
May 6, 2021
[Untitled]
July 22, 2021
Oct. 8, 2021
NAACP and Florida Rising Together Plaintiffs' Joint Post-Trial Brief, Including Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law
Feb. 26, 2022
March 31, 2022
2:07-cv-04164 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri
Filed Date: Aug. 20, 2007
Closed Date: July 1, 2010
Aug. 20, 2007
Aug. 27, 2007
Sept. 7, 2007
Sept. 24, 2007
2:06-cv-09176 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
Filed Date: Oct. 27, 2006
Closed Date: March 3, 2008
Oct. 27, 2006
Second Amended Complaint
2:21-cv-02211 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
Filed Date: Dec. 30, 2021
Nov. 30, 2021
Dec. 30, 2021
1:19-cv-03469 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
Filed Date: Dec. 10, 2019
Dec. 10, 2019
Order on Motion to Dismiss
July 14, 2021
Order
April 14, 2022